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Rug Caucasian Sumak Weave 6'2x10'8""

Three bold octagonal medallions anchor the field of this antique Caucasian Sumak rug, their deep indigo centers alive with scrolling palmettes and geometric star forms rendered in saffron, teal, and sage against a rich madder-red ground. The Sumak weave — a flatweave technique originating in the Caucasus region and named for the town of Shemakha in present-day Azerbaijan — produces a densely packed, weft-wrapping structure with a distinctive slightly ridged surface and exceptional durability. Unlike pile rugs, the Sumak construction gives the colors a luminous, tapestry-like quality that only deepens with age and use. A stately running border of reciprocal stepped triangles in burnt orange and teal frames the composition with the graphic confidence of a piece woven for a tribal chieftain's hall. At 6'2" x 10'8", this one-of-a-kind antique rug brings the weight of Central Asian artisan tradition into a Scottsdale hacienda, Spanish Colonial, or southwestern interior.

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